προλοχίζω

A. lay an ambuscade beforehand, J. BJ 1.4.4, 4.9.8 (s.v.l.): c. acc. cogn., π. τινὰς ἐνέδρας Hld. 6.13:—Pass., αἱ προλελοχισμέναι ἐνέδραι the ambush that had before been laid, Th. 3.112; but also προλοχίζοιντο αἱ νύκτες ὑπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων J. BJ 1.13.4 (dub. l.).

2. place men in ambuscade, Id. AJ 5.2.11, BJ 1.2.2.

II. beset with an ambuscade, πέμπει . . τοῦ στρατοῦ μέρος τι τὰς ὁδοὺς προλοχιοῦντας Th. 3.110, cf. Plu. Sert. 13; also π. τὰ περὶ τὴν πόλιν ἐνέδραις Th. 2.81.